1 Timothy 6:7
For we brought nothing into this world: and certainly we can carry nothing out.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
In Context
6But godliness with contentment is great gain.
8But having food, and wherewith to be covered, with these we are content.
Cross References
Psalms 49:17Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, and when the glory of his house shall be increased.
Ecclesiastes 5:15A most deplorable evil: as he came, so shall he return. What then doth it profit him that he hath laboured for the wind?
Luke 16:22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell.
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 6:7-13
Excellence of Contentment; Evil of Covetousness. ( a. d. 64.) 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. 9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith,… Read the whole commentary →